Miss America

Marvel's Miss America Magazine was a magazine-sized publication aimed at young girls, which ran from 1944 to 1958,
for a total of 84 issues; it then reverted to then-regular comic size (now referred to as Golden Age comics
size) called simply Miss America for issues #51 to 93. The first issue, Miss America Comics, dated 1944, had also
been regular comic size. The magazine format started with the 2nd issue.

The magazine-sized Miss America combined the conventional comic book combination of glossy covers and newsprint interior. Beginning
this format with v.1 #2 (Nov. 1944), the publication relegated its titular (heh) superhero to a secondary role and began focusing on
teen-romance comics stories plus articles on such topics as cooking, fashion, and makeup. This second issue — which featured a
photo-cover of an unknown model dressed in the Miss America costume — also introduced the long-running, teen-humor comics feature
"Patsy Walker." The magazine format used photo covers of everyday teens as well as models. In 1951, starting with vol.7, #42, the logo
changed to Patsy Walker Starring in Miss America, with covers now depicting high schooler Patsy, boyfriend Buzz Baxter, and
romantic-rival Hedy Wolfe in cartoon art by, variously, Al Jaffee or Morris Weiss.